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Got something else for you guys today, it struck me funny that we are involved in building a game about interstellar space... yet may not even know the composition of our own solar system.

It's a quick little article here

 

It works on sonics so it looks like any space-based applications are out. On the plus side though the potential use in tactile feedback for games looks absolutely amazing. And lets face it, games are more important.

 

Man... I'm starting to feel ancient, just yesterday I ran into this article here
It seems that another piece of tech that we grew up with as science fiction is transitioning into reality, specifically, we are on our way to tractor beams! While the article seemed to dwell on "cute" and happy applications, I can see this being militarized and commercialized in ways that could both benefit mankind in new ways... or introducing another method of taking out millions of our fellow men.
Interesting times indeed...